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Alias Big Shot

Alias Big Shot (Spanish: Alias Gardelito) is a 1961 Argentine drama film directed by Lautaro Murúa and written by Augusto Roa Bastos and Bernardo Kordon. The film starred Alberto Argibay, Virginia Lago and Walter Vidarte. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Picture.

Alias Big Shot
DVD cover
Directed byLautaro Murúa
Written byBernardo Kordon
Augusto Roa Bastos
Produced byLeo Kanaf
StarringAlberto Argibay
Walter Vidarte
Virginia Lago
CinematographyOscar Melli
Edited byVicente Castagno
Music byWaldo de los Ríos
Distributed byRio Negro Productions
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 19th position.[1]

Synopsis edit

 
Walter Vidarte in Alias Gardelito (1961)

The drama directed by Lautaro Murua is about the difficulty of living an honest life in the face of an unrelenting poverty. The title of this story is taken from the name of the great Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, the idol of the antihero Toribio portrayed by Alberto Argibay. Toribio's goal in life is to emulate the famous singer and making his own way successfully in the music business. Yet at the same time, he does not stop his illegal means of making ends meet, stealing and petty thievery. Discouraged when his big break never quite materializes, Toribio heads for disaster when he joins up with a large smuggling scheme.

Cast edit

 
One of the major themes of the film is based around poverty and street crime

Other edit

  • Rafael Diserio
  • Cacho Espíndola
  • Carmen Giménez .... Tía
  • Alberto Barcel .... (uncredited)

Overview edit

A representative of the "new cinemas" that arose in the late 50s and early 60s, Murúa's Alias Gardelito ranks among the best of Argentine cinema in the period, along with films by Simón Feldman, David José Kohon, Rodolfo Kuhn, Manuel Antín, René Mugica. According to Paulo Antonio Paranaguá (O cinema na América Latina), in these works the characters' psychology takes the upper hand upon social themes, although usually the latter also provide a significant context for their action, as is the case here.

 
Antihero Toribio (Alberto Argibay) with a girl friend (Virginia Lago)

Release and acclaim edit

The film premiered in 1961. Produced by Rio Negro Productions it was distributed by Cinemagroup in 2002 on DVD.

References edit

  1. ^ . La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.

External links edit

  • Alias Gardelito at IMDb  


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